Dr. Carol Dorfman

Biography

Carol Lynn Dorfman is an Associate Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics. She grew up in California and completed her undergraduate studies with a B.A. in Biology from Williams College, Massachusetts. Dr. Dorfman attended medical school at Stanford University and completed her pediatric residency training at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). From 1992 until 2017, she worked in private practice in the New Haven area, supervising Yale residents and medical students at a Pediatric Primary Care center, and at Hospital St. Raphael. In 2017, she joined the Section of General Pediatrics at Yale, returning to work at the Primary Care Center at York Street Campus in October 2020. Dr. Dorfman's interests include asthma management and dermatology, and she participates in a Pediatric Dermatology clinic twice a month. Additionally, she is part of a child care group called 'Wingspan,' supervising residents with Spanish and English speaking groups. Dr. Dorfman works two weekends a month in the Baby Nursery and is involved in teaching activities, including volunteer clinical skills workshops for residents and medical students at Yale. In 2017, she became an Assistant Clinical Professor at Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter School of Medicine, where she teaches clinical interview and physical exam skills to first-year students in the Foundations of Clinical Care course.

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